Fathers just as likely to get baby blues

le=”text-align: justify; “>Men are inching their way into every aspect of mothering with a new study showing they are just as likely as women to suffer the baby blues, ABC reports.

An Australian study, published in the journal of Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, shows postnatal depression hits fathers and mothers equally in the first 12 months of a newborn’s life.

Young fathers are particularly vulnerable with those aged under 30 facing a 40 per cent increased risk of developing postnatal depression compared with fathers aged over 30.

Co-author Professor Jan Nicholson, of the Parenting Research Centre in Melbourne, says the finding suggests current screening for postnatal depression risk among new mothers should be extended to new fathers.  Read more... (1683 words, 11 images)

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